West Virginia Legislature Passes Record $140 Million Budget
Governor Barron applauded a rare, diligent session that concluded with a record general revenue budget exceeding 140 million dollars. The package boosts state aid to schools by about 6.6 million, funds a 180 day school year, and adds 6.3 million to the road fund while earmarking highway money for a new Northe South corridor from the Pennsylvania line toward Beckley.
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W. W. Barron
West Virginia
Barron
Road Commission
Pennsylvania
Beckley
Morgantown
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Clemency Reform for Capital Punishment Power
Prominent legal scholars urge changes in how governors grant clemency in death Penalty cases. They condemn last minute delays that yield external pressures and threaten judicial and executive authority, calling for full life histories to be reviewed early and calmly.
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California
Edmund
Pat) Brown
Chessman
New Tax Program Seen Aimed At Broad Reforms
President Kennedy’s forthcoming tax plan, due March 27, may unfold in two stages addressing short term changes for fiscal 1962 and long term reforms. If unemployment stays high, a temporary withholding pause could be debated, with broader cuts unlikely. The effort aims to close tax loopholes and stimulate economy while balancing revenue, under Dillon with Surrey Caplin and Heller contributing.
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Washington
Nea
Kennedy
Congress
Kites, safety rules, and a grieving dog owner
A column warns parents about kite safety amid spring play and electric hazards. It cites a news reader E G Fuzzy Wiley, mourning his beagle Katie poisoned in the Ewart Avenue neighborhood, urging precaution to protect children from poisoned materials.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
McAlpin
Ewart Ave
Fuzzy
Wiley
Katie
Ewart Avenue
Poage Proposed For Congressional Distinguished Service Award
Dick West discusses nominating Rep W R Poage for a congressional distinguished service award. West notes the American Political Science Association invited nominations and five thousand newspapermen share the burden. Poage is praised for taking a firm stand against chanting by livestock auctioneers during an auction, after attending an auction and finding he could not discern cattle, buyers, or price.
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UPI
American Political Science Association
House
Senate
Rep
W. R. Poage
Texas
Poage
Lighter Side mocks bid language and Cuba tobacco link
The piece notes a Texas cattleman who did not know when his bid was raised and endorses Poage for urging auctioneers to use English terms. It also praises Rep. Seymour Halpern for proposing an embargo on Cuban imports, arguing Cuban tobacco funds Castro and risks Communist influence, citing Churchill’s Jamaica cigars. The author jokes about smoking and helping Communism with every puff.
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Seymour Halpern
R-N.y
Cuba
Caserro
Marriage Licenses in 1911 Raleigh Register
From the 1911 Raleigh Register files ten couples receive marriage licenses including Sim A Pracke man and Sarah King Leslie Holdie field and Hattie Lester William Wile son and Stella May Underwood Henry A Godbey and Vesta J Daniel Richard Graves and Gertrude Davis T C Oneal and Nannie Robertson Wm Marshall Martin and Mrs Nannie James Jessy Brunty and Carolina Brooks Rev C M Driver, who had been serving at Crab Orchard, returns to Waynesboro Virginia.
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Sarah King
Leslie Holdiefield
Hattie Lester
William Wileson
Stella May Underwood
Henry A. Godbey
Vesta J. Daniel
Richard Graves
Gertrude Davis
T. C. Oneal
Nannie Robertson
Wm. Marshall Martin
Nannie James
Jessy Brunty
Carolina Brooks
C. M. Driver
Crab Orchard
German Baptist Church
Waynesboro
Public school segregation ruling cited in New Rochelle case
Very Rev John A Flynn urges tax aid for church schools while declaring state regulation over private institutions must end. Oil heir Jean Paul Getty remarks on marriage plans. U S District Judge Irving R Kaufman finds New Rochelle officials manipulated districts to discriminate against Negroes.
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St. John’s University
Queens, N.Y
Georgia
New York State
North
U.S
Irving R. Kaufman
New Rochelle
N.Y
West Virginia politics and road plans feature in statehouse notes
East Panhandle residents urge State Road Commission to study planned highways amid Virginia traffic shifts. Jefferson and Berkeley leaders warn that Virginia routes may divert traffic from the turnpike, risking loss of Panhandle tourist flow without new access roads.
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Charleston
UPI
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Jefferson
Berkeley Counties
SRC
Virginia
Panhandle
Pennsylvania
U.S. 12
Roanoke
Martinsburg
Barbs and Cochran Reflect on Weight Loss and Ranch Life
A fragmented column notes overweight concerns and a joke about a dude ranch where riding is painful after learning. It mentions neighbors influencing musicians and a joke about removing galoshes in a movie to popcorn.
Major quiz row of historical Q and A items
A set of trivia styled questions and answers covers topics from spice origins to cold storage farms and Nordic history. It includes Allspice as the sole Western Hemisphere spice, farm freezers rising from 650000 in 1950 to two million in 1960, Queen Margaret uniting Scandinavia, Scapa Flow headquarters, German fleet scuttling at Scapa Flow in 1919, and Maryland as the last state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
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Sweden
Nore Way
Scotland
Maryland
Prayer text from Augustana College leader Conrad Bergendorf
A prayer invoking constant prayerful will and faith in Jesus Christ. Quoted by Conrad Bergendorf, president of Augustana College, Rock Island UL. The prayer emphasizes finding joy and meaning through aligning life with God's will.
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Conrad Bergendorf
Rock Island, UL
Augustana College
Earl Wilson On Broadway A Night Of Laughs In New York
New York humor column notes fresh laughter from Ritz Brothers at the International and Henny Youngman at the Plaza. Jean Kerr's Mary Mary draws praise while the weatherman's sleet signs spark quips about Yankees go south.
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Henry Youngman
Plaza
Jean Kerr
Barbara Bel Geddes
Ethel Merman
Henny Youngman
Henny
Plasa
Jackie Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Marilyn Monroe
Elks Lodge announces house purchase on South Kanawha
Herbert Stansbury announces Elks Lodge No. 1452 will buy a residence on South Kanawha Street near City Hall for its headquarters. Local oil men meet at Beckley hotel to form a local tax association opposing high taxes on gasoline and petroleum products. C. Ly George of Beckley chairs the local committee. Little Jean Monico Jr. wins first in the opening amateur night at the Lyric Theater staged by the Beckley Lions Club.
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Elks Lodge
Herbert Stansbury
Stansbury
Beckley Hotel
C. Ly George
Beckley
Little Jean Monico Jr
Lyric Theater
Beckley Lions Club
Raleigh Register Subscription Rates and Delivery Notice
Beckley Newspapers Corporation announces home delivery rates for Raleigh Register subscriptions in West Virginia. Includes daily and Sunday options, monthly and yearly terms, with tax note and address-change instructions. Mentioned carriers operate as independent contractors and the publisher disclaims responsibility for advance payments to them.
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Nally
Beckley Newspaper@ Corporation
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